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The Sked: Network TV Update Thanksgiving

>Better late than never.  Thanksgiving was a pretty turgid night on network television.  TV usage drops through the floor with women, while usage levels for men are pretty good on Thanksgiving night — but they a...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Thanksgiving Studio Scorecard – 11/24/11

> HUGO: The boxoffice story of the holiday was undoubtedly Martin Scorsese’s quasi-family film.  While almost every other film of the day fell steeply or at best held around even, Hugo zoomed an astonishing 40% ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THANKSGIVING BOX OFFICE NUMBERS & WEEKEND UPDATE

>Based on Wednesday and Thursday numbers, Twilight Breaking Dawn Part 1 will hold on to the #1 spot this weekend despite an anticipated precipitous drop, followed in second place by The Muppets.  The other kid-friendly ope...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “The Muppets”





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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “The Muppets”

    THE MUPPETS:  Watch It At Home – Nonstop Cuteness   When it was announced that Disney’s new movie of THE MUPPETS (the Mouse House bought the entire franchise from Jim Henson’s company some year...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

BIJOU BOXOFFICE: Wednesday Studio Scorecard – 11/23/11

> The holiday movie season is not off to a roaring start. BREAKING DAWN PART 1:  The giant franchise will of course win Thanksgiving weekend.  But its $12.5M Wednesday gross was down 12% from what New Moon did on the ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S WEDNESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/23/11

> The night before Thanksgiving has an odd balance:  viewership is down, but advertiser interest is up (anyone who watched primetime last night was buried under retailer promos for Black Friday sales)–hence, original...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE BIJOU: Early Wednesday Boxoffice – 11/23/11

> Deadline has preliminary boxoffice figures for Wednesday, and there doesn’t seem to be great news for anyone.  BREAKING DAWN PART 1 appears to be the easy winner for the day and probably for Thanksgiving weekend, b...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE BIJOU REVIEW “The Descendants”

>   THE DESCENDANTS:  Worth A Ticket – Flawed But Heartfelt It’s taken an unaccountable 7 years for Alexander Payne to follow up Sideways, the biggest hit of his career,  with THE DESCENDANTS, which w...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “A Dangerous Method”





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THE SKED’S TUESDAY NETWORK SCORECARD – 11/22/11

> The word “turkey” comes to mind when looking at last night’s pre-holiday landscape. ABC:  The cycle finale of DANCING WITH THE STARS was of course the highest rated show of the night and enough to give ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “A Dangerous Method”

  A DANGEROUS METHOD:  Watch It At Home – A Visit to Dr. Cronenberg’s Clinic   Throughout his career, David Cronenberg has been fascinated by twin compulsions:  the aberrant and the repressive.  The for...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 

THE BIJOU REVIEW: “Hugo”





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by Mitch Salem
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THE SHOWBUZZDAILY REVIEW: “Hugo”

  HUGO:  Worth A Ticket – If Only For the Visual Splendors   Paramount doesn’t have much choice but to market Martin Scorsese’s HUGO as a family movie:  it’s got a PG rating, a young boy and ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED’S MONDAY NETWORK SCORECARDj j- 11/21/11

> Don’t get too attached to those CG dinosaurs. FOX:  TERRA NOVA barely bothers with those creatures these days anyway, being more concerned with dull conspiracies among humans (points to anyone who can figure out wh...
by Mitch Salem